On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:00:55AM -0400, Chris Ball wrote: > Hi Christoph, > > > Add support for the standard attributes set via chattr and read > > vis lsattr. Currently we store the attributes in the flags value > > in the btrfs inode, but I wonder whether we should split it into > > two so that we don't have to keep converting between the two > > formats. > > Any thoughts on how best to add support for setting the custom btrfs > flags (nodatasum/nodatacow/nocompress) via an ioctl? Is it possible > to reuse FS_IOC_SETFLAGS for these too, or do we need a new ioctl? > If we need a new one, any preference between an ioctl per flag vs. > a single ioctl that accepts a new set of flags? I think adding them here is a good idea. In fact nocompress already has a flag assigned, I just didn't want to put it in without broader consultation first as it's not used yet in any mainline code. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
